So why is having claus in the SConq a bad thing? Or are you just too shortsighted to see past the present? Guess it does take all types for this world.

Must have hit a nerve to make him come up with such a stupid insult that isn't actually an insult...

Fear mah Green and Red tank!

Sure, be glad to explain.

First, I didn't say Super Conq. I said Caernarvon. It was more of an insult to the Caern really. But we can continue under the premise that you put Claws in the Caern with the ultimate goal of getting him to the Super Conq, which is really an outstanding tank, of course.

The 0-Skill crews (and in Claws case, a double 0-skill crewman) should best utilized in tanks where that high number of skills can be best utilized.

For example: would it make sense to use a 0-skill crewman in a tier X heavy tank to get your radio operator to 6 skills so he has the signal boost skill? No. Of course not. The max skills the Radio Operator would need is around 4 or 5, as the signal boost skill is completely worthless at tier X. It would be a waste of a good crewman to put him in that slot. Likewise, does an arty driver need ramming skills? No. Does an arty loader really need firefighting skills? Nah. If an arty is spotted, he is dead anyway with 1 or 2 shots, fire is not really the fear.

By extension, the tanks where these crewmen can make full use of their extra skills are usually light tanks and mediums, to be more specific, usually commanders and drivers. Claws, of course is locked into the Commander role.

Next: There are several nations where you should never place your reward crews (like Claws and the female crews). These include: Russia, Germany, USA, and in this case UK. Why? Because those nations have tanks regularly offered to us with 0-Skill crews in them for purchase. You should focus your reward crews into nations where there is no other chance at 0-skill crews. Clearly, you spend money on this game, so simply buying some good crews for your UK tanks when the Cromwell Berlin is on sale is very much an option.

Putting Claws as a commander of a fantastic heavy tank is an ok choice. There are just much, much better options.

With its recent buff, the Caern is a hidden gem at tier 8. As the OP's highest non-prem tank, it makes perfect sense to use him there. Now keeping SA on the commander with a tank the loader is the radioman despite having 40k gold for retraining is a bit of a mystery.

First, I didn't say Super Conq. I said Caernarvon. It was more of an insult to the Caern really. But we can continue under the premise that you put Claws in the Caern with the ultimate goal of getting him to the Super Conq, which is really an outstanding tank, of course.

The 0-Skill crews (and in Claws case, a double 0-skill crewman) should best utilized in tanks where that high number of skills can be best utilized.

For example: would it make sense to use a 0-skill crewman in a tier X heavy tank to get your radio operator to 6 skills so he has the signal boost skill? No. Of course not. The max skills the Radio Operator would need is around 4 or 5, as the signal boost skill is completely worthless at tier X. It would be a waste of a good crewman to put him in that slot. Likewise, does an arty driver need ramming skills? No. Does an arty loader really need firefighting skills? Nah. If an arty is spotted, he is dead anyway with 1 or 2 shots, fire is not really the fear.

By extension, the tanks where these crewmen can make full use of their extra skills are usually light tanks and mediums, to be more specific, usually commanders and drivers. Claws, of course is locked into the Commander role.

Next: There are several nations where you should never place your reward crews (like Claws and the female crews). These include: Russia, Germany, USA, and in this case UK. Why? Because those nations have tanks regularly offered to us with 0-Skill crews in them for purchase. You should focus your reward crews into nations where there is no other chance at 0-skill crews. Clearly, you spend money on this game, so simply buying some good crews for your UK tanks when the Cromwell Berlin is on sale is very much an option.

Putting Claws as a commander of a fantastic heavy tank is an ok choice. There are just much, much better options.

Ok, you've made a decent point. In fact, if I had been going down the UK medium line, I would have used him there.

But you see, Claus HAD to go into a UK tank. Why?

Because most of my commanders are female (or will be eventually). And I absolutely detest the British female voice. So Claus was going into a UK tank, and so far the only 2 lines I'm doing are Heavy and Arty. So Heavy it was.

With its recent buff, the Caern is a hidden gem at tier 8. As the OP's highest non-prem tank, it makes perfect sense to use him there. Now keeping SA on the commander with a tank the loader is the radioman despite having 40k gold for retraining is a bit of a mystery.

Wow, I had no idea their roles switched when I moved them from the BP (which I thought was a pretty good tank, don't know why people hate on it so much). I fixed it.

You have some serious attention to detail there. But thank you for bringing that to my attention.